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Kayla, the link from your "foxy nerd" picture is broken. Caused by a name misspelling. Instead of taking the user to your archives, it kicks out to the home page.

We will take care of that. Thanks!

I just noticed it's like that still, woops!

I think the problem is not the software or hardware but that ISP's are not wanting to create competitors and a massive amount of headaches.

Let's say you have a server in your house. Who do we contact if it has a phishing site on it? The ISP of course. Now what happens if we have 100's or 1000's of these customers. It's a nightmare ready to happen and one I think ISP's are not ready to tackle today or in the future.

The problem with WHS (Windows Home Server) is people are not going to want to spend $600+ for a computer that basically just sits there and host files. I was a Beta tester of WHS, and you know what I get what Microsoft was trying to create with it, it really is a good idea, it really has its place in the home, but trying to convince people to spend money on a computer that just sits there is going to be a hard sell for companies.

I know how to make chicken stock but I prefer to buy it at the Super Market because of the convenience of prep, use, & storage. Hosting with a pro has the same advantages. Also, there are other considerations: my 600 joule surge protector is tissue paper against a direct lightning strike but my Web hosts servers are positioned at a telco with an FCC mandated UPS that is virtually invincible, so my sites are on line world wide even in the worst thunder storm. My Host has 2 D3s delivering file requests and maintains the lines all the way to the backbone. We've yet to see how this circumstance will compare to FTTH.
No doubt it's tempting but it may not work out a simpy as it sounds.

I do agree to the fact the FTTH service is getting popular, but I do think that the traditional hosting business won't have any major threat from FTTH.

I really don't think WHS will affect hosting companies. I think where you will see change is how people share personal pictures and videos. Flicker, YouTube and sites like that might take a hit, but even that hit would be small at best. I honestly can not wait till my area gets FTTH, but the town I live in has a small local phone company that is slow to role out new technologies. They are just now starting to run Fiber to new subdivisions being built.

I can see hosting from home becoming a little more common for hobbyists - in short, people who are as interested in the mechanics of hosting as in running their website. (Though I imagine some ISPs might have something to say about bandwidth usage - and ADSL connections here in the UK generally offer most of the speed in the wrong direction - downstream, not upstream).

But for anyone running a semi-critical site, it will probably work out cheaper and more reliable to buy a basic shared hosting package. That way they get all the difficult stuff taken care of, guarantees of security and availability, and all the other stuff you take for granted with even the cheapest hosting deals.